Traveler of the River of Time and Space

Chapter 622 78: Temporal Anchor Point

Bottomless Abyss, 422nd layer.

At some unknown point, the entire plane's sky was covered with dark clouds, and amidst the rolling clouds, lightning flashed, illuminating the depths of the sky where a colossal whale-like shadow vaguely appeared. This was the projection left behind by some existence at the time of its death, preserved through millions of years, only surfacing when the power of the Storm was awakened.

"Looks like that little guy's talent isn't bad." The Time Dragon raised its massive head, glanced at the shadow in the sky, and said, "The power of the Storm has been awakened."

The second-generation Obiris Demons were extremely powerful entities, born with control over a certain Law.

The currently existing Obiris Demons in the Bottomless Abyss are very rare. After being cleared out by the Ancient Death God Yeager, there is currently only one active Obiris Demon, the King of the Deep Sea - Dagon, who is the sole survivor of the Tanali Demon uprising, capable of exerting influence through the Bottomless Abyss onto other worlds.

Dagon is an aquatic demon, possessing inherent advantages that make him difficult to be completely killed.

Other Obiris Demons, like the Wind Demon King - Pazuzu, although nominally ruling the first layer of the Bottomless Abyss, are hardly seen.

This cautious Obiris Demon has long since retired into seclusion, unknown whether plotting something in secret or simply hiding away.

After all, the era of the Ancient Gods has long ended.

The last often mentioned Obiris Demon is the Mother of Demons - Cang Ye. She is famous for having many descendants with some unknown existence, many of whom became renowned and formidable lords of the Bottomless Abyss, but she herself never appears, hiding away in a maze.

"The timeline is contracting!" Space-Time Guardian - Lord Stephen's eyes burst forth with a brilliant golden light, his expression seemingly joyful, and he slowly said, "All futures are being anchored, I see some images."

The Time Dragon was surprised upon hearing this, its massive figure suddenly disappearing, like it had slipped into the fractures of time, and reappeared with an increasingly astonished expression, murmuring, "Incredible!"

"His future is actually starting to be locked in at this moment!"

The contraction of the timeline is a complex concept.

It can be simply understood that they are currently at a point, and some moment in the future is another point, the distance between these two points is the length of time, this stretch belongs to the future, with many unpredictable changes, yet no matter the changes, ultimately points to the direction of the anchored time point.

Generally speaking, those possessing such ability.

In observable futures, they are exceedingly powerful beings.

Such as the Space-Time Guardian himself, or the so-called 'God above Gods - Soron', from the very moment he became God above Gods, no matter how the past and future change, all time lines will contract, eventually reaching the anchored time point.

That is the moment the Death God - Soron is destined to become 'God above Gods'!

This is the authority the future him possesses, once he reaches a certain height, all branching timelines will begin to converge, past and future observable events, like the divine fall of Saints, no matter how they change, becoming 'God above Gods' is destined to occur.

As managers of the Space-Time Hub, Space-Time Guardians need not reach god-like heights to anchor a future, and so what Lord Stephen sees as the future is an immensely huge giant.

Its visage bears a nine-tenths resemblance to Su Ziyu, but is entirely composed of energy, a golden giant roaming the void, its eyes seemingly surveilling something, and when its gaze intersects with Lord Stephen's, its eyes appear to nod gently across time and space.

"Titan!..." The Time Dragon let out a high-pitched dragon roar.

This anchored time point is directed at a powerful Titan incarnation, meaning unless some immense chaos occurs to disrupt the river of time, this anchored time point is ninety-nine percent likely to occur in the future.

Su Ziyu will leverage the mastery of the Storm Domain at this moment to ascend to Titan at some future time point, and the future Titan he will shelter the current Su Ziyu.

This ability is crucial for temporal travelers.

As it represents an important milestone, some of the enemies they face can interfere with time and peer into past and future.

Using the example of 'God above Gods - Soron', before he ascends, as long as his future timeline is anchored, anyone attempting to secretly plot against him from the past or use magic to observe his future or past directly faces that anchored future - God above Gods - Soron.

This is the effect of timeline contraction.

Having one's future self becoming the guardian spirit of one's present self upon reaching a certain height.

Close to escaping the bounds of the Three Realms, transcending the river of time, forming a loop between future and present.

If Su Ziyu's current time is 1, then the timeline anchor Lord Stephen sees is at 100, the segment between 1-100 represents an anchored future during which all timelines will begin to contract, pointing to that time anchor at 100.

It can be understood that all luck on the timelines begins converging towards the contracted timeline.

This ability, in fact, cannot be used for direct combat. Its greatest current role is that no matter who, be it Divine Spirit or Time Dragon, anyone attempting to use magic authority to spy on Su Ziyu's future and past, every spell will only direct to this one time anchor of the future.

That is the moment Su Ziyu ascends to Titan, observing Su Ziyu's past is viewing the Titan incarnation, observing Su Ziyu's future is also viewing the Titan incarnation.

As for what kind of counterattack such peering will provoke from the Titan incarnation, whether it will explode their heads, only the future Su Ziyu might know.

This is higher authority of the 'Undirectable God'!

Whether Su Ziyu can ultimately become a space-time traveler commanding the Space-Time Hub, challenging the Pantheon, Lord Stephen cannot yet determine. However, Su Ziyu's ascension to Titan is completely assured at present, because any potential temporal variables will be ruthlessly suppressed by Lord Stephen.

"I will now dispatch kin to guard his timeline," the Time Dragon expressed excitedly, spreading its large wings, "The Space-Time Hub has waited far too long for a new Titan to emerge!"

"We must protect this time anchor until it becomes reality."

The last time the Time Dragon's kin guarded a timeline target was Death God - Soron, they waited until Soron ascended to 'God above Gods' in reality before concluding this lengthy task spanning over a hundred years.

Because that time anchor has already been fulfilled.

The time anchor has become an established reality that has already occurred.

Space-Time Guardian-Lord Stephen said no more. He just gazed at the storm eye swirling in the sky and softly said, "Go on."

"This matter should be kept confidential from other Guardians for now."

After speaking, a clock entirely composed of silvery-white runes appeared behind Lord Stephen, ticking forward. The flow of time grew ever faster, until only a rapidly spinning blurry outline could be seen.

Seal!

Chains of silvery-white runes wrapped around the clock in front, finally dissolving it into the air, erasing all ripples with a strange Law, as if nothing had happened before.

Before the time anchor of the future becomes reality, even Su Ziyu cannot know all this.

Inside the sea of memories.

Su Ziyu's current state is extremely painful and desperate. He senses a powerless slow death, the final struggle of Storm Lord-Bachard.

His death.

Slow, desperate, inescapable, destined death.

At this moment, the entire Bottomless Abyss seems like a closed box, and the Obelis demons are targets that must be purged.

Ancient Death God-Yeager has started to close in.

Besides Tanali demons created by human souls, Su Ziyu even saw some demons climbing ashore from the side of the Nether River.

Nether River Memory Thieves.

In the 422nd layer of the Bottomless Abyss, other Obelis demons had already been slain long ago, leaving only Bachard's massive and solitary figure in the sky. His storm tears the earth apart, obliterates the plains, leaving permanent scars on this plane—a vast desert of death, all traces of life erased by the storm.

His innate Storm Authority was pushed to the extreme, and Bachard, in his death throes, even attempted to open a passage to the Wind Elemental Plane, to wipe out all life on this plane with the endless winds from the Elemental Plane.

The gale scraped off several layers of earth, deep gullies extending to the horizon.

But this still couldn't prevent the arrival of death.

The era of the Ancient Gods has come to an end.

As the last Ancient God charged with concluding this era, Death God-Yeager would never allow the Obelis demons' reign to continue.

This great purge was destined from the start.

Bachard, riddled with wounds, could no longer control the mighty storm. His broken and colossal body was devoured by countless demons, accompanying his despairing wails, falling bit by bit from the sky, finally turning into a corpse that overshadowed a vast expanse of land.

However, the true strength of the Obelis demon revealed itself only after death; Storm Lord-Bachard's remains drifted like the ancient god's corpse in the Star Realm.

He eternally stranded on this plane, extending a prolonged death to the present.

This is the power of Death Retrospect.

Just like ancient god corpses drifting in the Star Realm, any being approaching him can enter his vast sea of memories.

"Storm Domain analysis complete!"

Su Ziyu fully experienced Bachard's death, feeling as if he himself was dying, overwhelmed by countless demons attacking his enormous body, with pain accompanying the unstoppable despair.

When he finally broke free from death, even existing in memory as a spirit form, Su Ziyu was drenched in sweat, his body trembling slightly.

It took Su Ziyu a long time to come to his senses.

Then he gently raised his hand, and the formless wind wiped away the star clouds of memory, transforming the entire sea of memories into an ancient storm sweeping through the cosmos.

Everything is shattering.

Everything is fading.

Su Ziyu is slowly yet resolutely claiming the last Authority from Storm Lord-Bachard.

But just at this moment.

A voice suddenly shouted in his ear, urgent, fearful, desperate:

"Father."

"Help me!"

A distress signal from the Space-Time Monitor System, crossing time and space, nearly a plea from a devotee for divine help, was read by the Divine Power he possessed, echoing at his ear.

In an instant, Su Ziyu's golden eyes opened wide.

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